Call for Papers

Data Driven Control and Learning Systems Conference (DDCLS) is an annual conference organized by Technical Committee on Data Driven Control, Learning and Optimization, Chinese Association of Automation. The 7th Data Driven Control and Learning Systems Conference (DDCLS'18) will be held in Enshi, Hubei Province, China, on May 25-27, 2018, sponsored by IEEE Beijing Section, and locally organized by Hubei University for Nationalities and Beijing Jiaotong University.

In the last three DDCLS conferences, DDCLS’15 (Beijing), DDCLS’16 (Yinchuan) and DDCLS’17 (Chongqing), a lot of renowned scholars from different countries were invited to deliver keynote addresses, for example, Prof. Weihua Gui from Central South University, Prof. Marco C. Campi from University of Brescia, Prof. Zhiqiang Gao from Cleveland State University, Prof. Frank L. Lewis from University of Texas at Arlington, Prof. Jian-Xin Xu from National University of Singapore, Prof. Tianyou Chai from Northeastern University and Prof. Feiyue Wang from Chinese Academy of Sciences. DDCLS’s purpose is to create a forum for scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present the latest developments in data-driven control, learning, automation and optimization.

DDCLS'18 has been approved by IEEE, and the English papers accepted by the conference will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. All our previous conference papers are available in IEEE Xplore and indexed by EI Compendex.

The DDCLS'18 covers both theory and applications in all the areas of data driven control and learning systems. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
-- Data-driven control theory, approaches and applications
-- Model-free adaptive control theory and applications
-- Active disturbance rejection control and applications
-- Data-driven fault diagnosis, health maintenance and performance evaluation
-- Iterative learning identification, iterative learning control (repetitive control)
-- Data-driven modeling, optimization, scheduling, decision and simulation
-- Statistical learning, machine learning, data mining and practical applications in automation field
-- Neural networks, fuzzy systems control methods in data driven manner
-- Reinforcement learning control
-- Robustness on data-driven control
-- Complementary controller design approaches and relationships between data-driven and model-based control methods
-- Applications of data-driven methods to industrial processes
-- Data-driven modeling, control and optimization for traffic systems
-- Data-driven control for practical complex processes
-- Technology of complex big-data systems and applications
-- Big data in industrial processes and its applications in modeling and control

DDCLS’18 will invite several renowned scholars to deliver keynote addresses and plenary/distinguished lectures covering the state-of-the-art in both theory and applications of data-based control and learning systems.

DDCLS Best Paper Award:Selection of the awarded paper will be made based on both the technical content and presentation. The winner will be chosen by the Award Committee comprising of internationally renowned experts in data-driven control and learning.

Submission Notices for Authors:

Full papers describing original work and special/invited session proposals should be submitted by February 28, 2018, through the portal http://cms.amss.ac.cn/. Upon acceptance, authors will be required to register, submit the final paper, and present their papers at DDCLS’18. Requirements and template of submitted paper are available on the conference website http://ddclo.bjtu.edu.cn/2018DDCLS/. Besides of the regular sessions and invited sessions, there will be 3~4 keynote addresses and several plenary/distinguished lectures.

Registration Fees

AutAuthors of accepted paper should pay 2700 RMB (2500 RMB for IEEE member) for conference registration fee via the online registration system by 31 March, 2018. The invoice will be issued by Beijing Jiaotong University. Catering of the registered participants will be arranged by the organizers. Transportation fee and accommodation fee must be afforded by the participants themselves.

Scheduled Program

May 25: registration
      May 26: morning: keynote addresses and plenary lectures
      May 26: afternoon: regular/invited sessions
      May 26: evening: working conference of Technical Committee on Data Driven Control, Learning and Optimization, Chinese Association of Automation
      May 27: afternoon: regular/invited sessions
      May 27: evening: farewell banquet

Information and Contactor:

Please browse the website of the DDCLS’18 http://ddclo.bjtu.edu.cn/2018DDCLS/ and the website of Technical Committee on Data Driven Control, Learning and Optimization, Chinese Association of Automation http://ddclo.bjtu.edu.cn/ for further information about the conference. You can also contact with secretary of the conference, Dr. Chenkun Yin ( chkyin@bjtu.edu.cn +86-10-51684105) for more details.

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The Call for Papers may be downloaded in pdf format.